By Amy Corneliussen   WESTBORO, MA — Singing got Karen Rothman into trouble when she was in first grade. She sang as she did her schoolwork, a habit that distracted other students and upset her teacher.  Ms. Rothman is still singing, but now she sings to build community and enjoy Jewish music. Her passion has led […]

By Matt Duguid   MEDICINE HAT, AB, CANADA — The sound of young people singing perfectly in tune, is often compared to the voices of angels. For those that missed the choral portion of the 57th annual Medicine Hat Rotary Music Festival, fear not, the angelic voices of the Medicine Hat College Girls Choir can be […]

By Bob Dumas   BEDFORD, N.Y. – On any given week during the school year, Matt Solowey, a senior at Fox Lane High School, can be found singing with the Fox Lane High School Chamber Choir Wednesday evenings, the Commoners (the school’s male a cappella group) Thursday afternoons and the school’s mixed choir daily.  A […]

By George Wilkens   PLANT CITY, FL — Joseph G. Mendolia, a music education major whose studies were interrupted by a 2008 tornado that virtually destroyed his Tennessee campus, had been back in Plant City a short time when he came up with an idea. Passionate about music, Mendolia, then 20, was seeking a local choral […]

By Emily Hedrick   CHARLOTTE, NC — Sports may grab most students’ attention, but to a vocal segment of Charlotte’s kids and teens, choral singing is where the action is. Even before hit TV shows “Glee” and “The Sing-Off,” choral singing was on solid ground, say music educators. But these shows have solidified choirs’ popularity. “It’s […]

By Brenda Bolinger   Sharon Paul ’78 may never have launched her career in choral conducting if the late William F. Russell, Pomona’s music director from 1951-82, hadn’t been tardy to choir practice. Paul serendipitously took the baton in his stead, unaware of her professor’s arrival. “I think he watched from the back and thought, ‘Oh! […]